Los Angeles Times staff writer Ashley Lee has apparently found the latest kind of hate crime in an article titled "The casual racism of mispronouncing an Asian person's name."
Hate Crime? Los Angeles Times Sees Casual Racism In Mispronouncing Asian Name newsbusters.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsbusters.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Times recently reported on the outcry following
the L.A. theater community’s Ovation Awards, where organizers mispronounced the name of an Asian American nominee and displayed a photo of the wrong actor.
If anyone doubts the racially based sting that comes with such insults to one’s professional endeavors, just read the emails that rolled in to The Times after publication of our article. One reader said the Ovation reaction was just an example of “Asian victimhood.” Another called it a big joke: “I thought you were writing a sketch for SNL with your article yesterday; so ‘much pain and anger’ that wrong photo used and name pronounced incorrectly. Hahahaha really, audition for SNL, use that article, your [sic] sure to get hired!”